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Mount Ruang

Ruang

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
703m
Last eruption
2024
Mount Ruang
Photo: Suratman (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Western Pacific / Sangihe Volcanic Arc
Elevation
703m
Coordinates
2.306, 125.367
Last eruption
2024
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

Ruang volcano is the southernmost volcano in the Sangihe Island arc, north of Sulawesi Island; it is not the better known Raung volcano on Java. The 4 x 5 km island volcano is across a narrow strait SW of the larger Tagulandang Island. The summit contains a crater partially filled by a lava dome initially emplaced in 1904. Explosive eruptions recorded since 1808 have often been accompanied by lava dome formation and pyroclastic flows that have damaged inhabited areas.

From Wikipedia

Ruang is the southernmost stratovolcano in the Sangihe Islands arc, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It comprises an island 4 by 5 kilometres wide. The summit contains a partial lava dome and reaches some 725 metres (2,379 ft) in altitude. From its summit, Klabat's peak in the south, that of Siau to the north, and Ternate to the east can all be seen.

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Eruption history

14 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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1808~1830 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21830~1851 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21851~1873 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 31873~1894 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21894~1916 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 31938~1959 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21981~2002 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 42002~2024 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 418081851191619592002

Detailed timeline

  1. 2024VEI 4Observed
    2024-04-16 – 2024-05-07
  2. 2002VEI 4Observed
    2002-09-25 – 2002-09-29
  3. 1996VEI ?Method not stated
    1996-06-27 – end unknown
  4. 1949VEI 2Observed
    1949-01-05 – 1949-01-19
  5. 1914VEI 2Observed
    1914-05-29 – 1915-02-28
    Summit craters K2 and K3
  6. 1904VEI 3Observed
    1904-04-22 – 1905-05-27
  7. 1889VEI 1Observed
    1889-06-16 – end unknown
  8. 1874VEI 2Observed
    1874-11-15 – end unknown
  9. 1871VEI 2Observed
    1871-03-02 – 1871-03-14
  10. 1870VEI 3Observed
    1870-08-27 – 1870-08-28
  11. 1856VEI 1Observed
    1856-09-16 – end unknown
  12. 1840VEI 2Observed
    1840-07-02 – end unknown
  13. 1836VEI 2Observed
    1836-04-22 – 1836-04-24
  14. 1808VEI 2Observed
    1808-07-02 – end unknown

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